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Edited by M arie Morriaon and
George Hansen
M ORO. OREGON.
Officii Pape (e tan Wy.
F R ID A Y ......... .. . A p ril 28. 1916
Entered at second claw matter at the
post office at Moro, Oregon, July 25, 1891.
C. L. I r e l a n d .............Manager.
If you do not read The Observer, why
not?
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we know it would be profitable to you to
become a subscriber.
W e send it two
years for $2.50; one year $1.50; 12% cts a
month isn’t much. T ry it. Order by
postal card, and pay for it when you can.
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neglect of subscribers to notify as of
changes in their address. Nor w ill the
notification of a Postmaster that the sub­
scriber has "R e m o ve d " settle the bill of a
delinquent.
Church and Society notices F R E E , ex­
cept when for money making purposes.
Such notices at regular rates at the option
of the publishers.
At any time when requested to do so,
the paper will be oisconlinued. But we
expect that all arrears wi.i be paid before
such request is made. It is easy to ask us
for a statement, which will be cheerfully
rendered at any time.
The Portland Journal has two
offers to submit to upper Colum­
bia river towns that w ill proceed
to take advantage of their oppor­
tunity for water transportation. It
w ill provide any community with
plans for public wharves, these
plans to be expertly prepared and
carefully adapted to the local
needs and situations of the com­
munities applying. It w ill advise
upper river communities as to
their legal rights and standing in
respect to the acquiring of front­
age and the use of foreshore. .A ll
plans and counsel w ill be furnish­
ed free of all charge. This is an
opportunity for Sherman county
to secure at least one river port,
either at Rufus or, through Wasco
at the M aryhill ferry landing. In
a few years a good roads bond
issue w ill be agitated for Sherman
county and its success or failure, as
in G illiam county this year, wiH
rest upon its utility to every day
life and that is best answered by
tacilities for river shipments.
The high*school records are the
best ever and we hope they w ill
continue such.
Programs are being made out
for the Commencement exercises
to be held in May.
The 8th - grade examinations
come next week and many w(ll
be glad to have them over with.
Elm er Barzee and Carrol Sayrs
were absent from school Tuesday
as they took a little trip overland
to The Dalles.
Parliamentary discussion has
been placed on the program as an
opening exercise once a week in­
stead o f singing.
The play “ O ld Winterstar
M ine” is being practiced three
times a week. N early all the first
two acts are learned.
. The steel playground apparatus
is being located on the school
ground by Prof. Dunton and the
manual training class.
Most of the manual training
¿lass are busy building cedar chests
some of which w ill be included in
the School Industrial Fair next
October.
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George Hansen enjoyed an out­
ing over Saturday and Sunday
going overland to Kent and, with
some of his cousins, he set out
for a fishing trip to Pine H ollow .
The senior graduates are busy
on their orations, class history,
validictory, prophecy, and poem
for commencement week which
w ill be held the latter part of
May.
Items from “ The Gardea G ty .’
The Garden City Jitney is again
in commission.
Rev. Lamb w ill fill bis regular
appointment next Sunday. ,
B ill Chrisman went to A rlington
Sunday, where he w ill w ork in
the depot. A
The river is falling rapidly, hav­
ing been unusually high for this
season of the year.
“ Babe“ Clark enjoys the unique
distinction of being able tO'catch
fish with a “ hook and eye.“
The Ryfus ball team was defeat­
ed at Rock Creek last Sunday.
However, the boys are not dis­
couraged; the captain says they
are merely discovering their weak
spots.
Some o f the Garden City tennis
players are wondering if they are
not the “ champs” of Sherman
county. They say that if there is
a county tennis league, their hats
J are in the ring for the champion­
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ship.
Easter services at the church
Sunday were well attended. The
newly scrubbed floor and benches
the decorated rostrum, the impres­
sive poster, and a well filled house
was a delightful surprise to many.
Rev. Lamb gave a spirited mis­
sionary address after which an
offering for home and foreign
missions was taken and about $50
obtained. After the services the
children enjoyed an egg hunt.
A POET IN A PANTRY.
The Surprise T h a t Aw aited Tom T a y ­
lor, the P layw right.
W riting of Tom Taylor, the famous
playwright and former editor of Punch,
Leslie W ard In “ Forty Years of ‘Spy’ “
aaya:_,
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“ At dinner his appearance was re­
markable, for he usually wore a black
velvet evening suit. A curious tra it of
the dramatist’s was his absentmlnded
manner and forgetfulness of conven­
tion. Sometimes when walking In the
street vlrlth a friend he would grow In­
terested and to emphasize his remarks
turn to look more directly Into the face
of his companion,- at the same time
placing his arm around his wnlxt In
M ilitary training and service, in the case of a lady this habit sometimes
themselves, are not evil; it is the proved rather embarrassing.
“M l Torn .T a y lo r vraw a
of un­
purpose, spirit and aim and the bounded kindness In helping every­
tendency to misuse, if not curbed, body who was In need of mouey or In
wherein lies the objection.. The trouble. • • • One day Mr. and Mrs.
Taylor returned from a wulk to be met
army is not the cause, but the in­ by a startled parlor tnald, who announc­
strument, o f these evils. Look at ed the presence of a strange looking
Australia, France, and Switzer­ man who was, w aiting, to see them.
Her suspicions being aroused by his
land in contrast to Germany for wild appearance, she had shown him
proof of this. Australia is the Into the pautry, fearing to leave him in
achievement ’ o f labor as the su­ the drawing room. On repairing to
the pantry with curiosity not unmixed
preme political power, yet Aus­ with wonder they discovered—Tenny­
tralian labor has adopted compul­ son!—quite at home and Immensely
sory and universal service and tickled by his situation.
training.
France, though in re­
cent years it has been forced
by circumstances beyond its con­
trol to make exacting m ilitary re­
quisitions upon its citizens, has a
democratic and fraternal army.
The Swiss are a home-loving and
unaggressive, thoroughly demo­
cratic folk, and yet they have com-
ulsor? training and universal ser­
vice for their army. In the light
of these facts the - United States
should know no fear of universal
m ilitary education, even o f com­
pulsory service with the flag fo ra
term of years.
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SPEAR HEAD”
AN OLD TIME
FAVORITE
Rain H ata In Korea.
Korea Is a coon try of strange head
dresses, but perhaps the most curious
headgear of a ll are the Immense rain
bats worn by the farmers’ wives while
working toa the fields during the rainy
season. These extraordinary coverings
are often as much as seven feet long
and five feet broad and protect the
body as effectively as any umbrella
could do.
Naw Batting For an Old House.
Many an old houae has been allowed
to pass Into a state of disrepair and
finally has been torn down to make
place for a' more modern building
merely because the owner has not been
able to see In the old building a possl
blllty for the attainment of attractive­
ness and charm by means of a new set­
ting. Tha rarest gem In a battered
setting can hardly show Its value. Put
It in platinum ami gold, modern In cut,
and tbe same gem Is a glory to Its
owner. Provide the old house with na­
ture’s setting In the form of Judicious
planting, together with tasteful garden
arrangement and a pergola, and
straightway It Is given a neyr lease of
beauty.—L, G. Hoyt In Countryside
Magazine.
How Ho Took It.
Tbe Most Popular Chew for a
Thinl of a Century
PURE, RICH, FRUITY-SWEET
“ In training.” said an Instructor In
athletics, “tbe strictest obedience la re
qulret|„ Whenever I think of the the­
ory o f training I think of Dash, who,
after eighteen years of married life, to
one of the beat and happiest husbands
in tbe world.
* ‘Dash,’ I once said to him. ’well.
Dash, old man. how do you take mar­
ried lif e r
** ’According ?o directions.’ be re-
plled"
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* The man who chews gets by far the
most wholesome enjoyment and satis­
faction out of tobacco, especially if he
chews plug tobacco. The rich juices
of the leaf are retained in good
T ha Clans o f 8ca4land.
plugs better than in any other form.
The clans of Scotland are generally
„ For more than a generation , Spear .. understood to bare arisen about the
Head has held first place as the favor- ’ yellr IG08 ¿ „ rln g ^ h e reign of King
hehigh-grade plug chewing tobacco, i Malcolm II . Tbe legal power of the
This unique distinction is due to lc iy *c h ie fs and the othfer remains of herlt-
to the wonderful quality and flavor of able Jurisdiction were abolished In
Spear Head—the richest, mellowest, Scotland about 1740.
tastiest chew in the whole world.
Spear Head is the choicest o f all
red Barley, hand-stemmed and made
Into mellow-sweet plugs in a perfectly
dean , most sanitary factory.
Yon can't chew the' flavor out o f
Spear Head, because it’» a part o f the
tobacco. T h a t rich, ripe, red Burley
taste keeps on pleasing you as long
! • you keep on chewing. /
Chew Spear Head and youH be
chewing the purest and most satisfying
tobacco that it’s possible to make. In
10c enta, «tapped in «ax paper.
And Then Profound Thought.
She— You shouldn't aquecse my baud
going Out of tbe theater.
When I
squeezed back I meant you to atop.
He—Me? I —why. I — I didn’t touch
your hand!—Judge.
D iff trout ¡•♦ion.
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“ lla v e yon a good cook?**
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“Oh. the cook’« good enough, but
the cooking to a trocí on*.“ - Pn it I more
American
F aith w ill move mountains today I f
backed up by hard work.
News Notes irons Kent.
Edited-by Viols Bennett.
4 t is calculated^that 75,000 com­
mercial autos w ill be sold in the
United States this year and that
the total value o f the output for M O R O .
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OREGON
1916 w ill reach $130.000.000. A t
the opening of 19Î2 Americans
1st to 15th of each month..
used only 20,000 motor trucks, but
in four years these m ultiplied ten
OREGON
W ASCO , .
told.
16th to 30th of each month. .
It is a deplorable fact that a
number of farmers and mare
owners patronize inferior stallions
and seem to fail to appreciate that
paying a higher fee for the service
w ill be more than offset by-the
P h y s ic ia n ^end S u rg eo n .
higher price received when the
resulting colt is sold. •
M o ro , O re g o n .
J. R. Morgan
D e n tis i
T h e O li v e r , J o h n D e e r e a n d M o ll n „
P lo w s .
R o d e r ic k L e a n d o u b le a c t in g C u t ­
a w a y , a ls o t h < O liv e r a n d D e e re
* C u ta w a y .
S t e e l D is c h a r r o w s , F a r m T r u c k s ,
Dr. C. L. Poley
State of Ohio, City of Toledo. I —
Lucas County.
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Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he la
senior partner of the firm of F^J. Cheney
a Co., doin* *
ledo. County
that aald firm
H a c k s a n d R u g g le s .
N K J. C H B N B T .
to before rne
me and subscribed In
6th day of December,
u W . GLEASON.
Notary p u b lic .
H a ll’s Catarrh Cure la taken Internally
and acta directly upon the blood and mu­
cous surfaces ot the system. Send for
testimonials, ftye,
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X C H R N K W .A CO_. Toledo, O.
Sold by all Drurmsta. Ifc.
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B r ig h t , B r y a n t & E llis .
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offices at
The Dalles and M o ro ,
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floro Hardware & I m pi mt. Co.
C.J.B kio ht , W .C .B ryant . M .G .E llis .
^ A tto rn e y s -a t-L a w
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I n f a c t a F u l l L in e o f F a r tri I m ­
p le m e n t s .
HUNDRED ~
ery case i of Catarrh h th a t c a n n o t be cured
CATARRH CURB.
by the use
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Independent Warehouse { Milling {o
Ore.
. T a k e H a if a P aatfiy P ills fo r eoaeUpatlen.
Fresh Cows For Sale
I have four good fresh m ilk
cows for sale; all have had second
calves; bankable note accepted.
John Hastings,
a28tf
M oro, Oregon
Cows For Sale
Tw o or three cows to trade
l or a good horse, colts, or young
cattle. Have quit shipping cream
so w ill sell or trade.
Mrs. J. H . E llio t,
s 2t*a21
M onkland, Oregon
R . H . M c K e a n , M a n a g e r , W a s c o , O re g o n
J. B. Hosford
LAW YER
L i m e , P la s t e r , C e m e n t , B u ild e r s
S u p p lie s ,
L u m b e r,
W ood,
C o a l,
C e d a r P o s ts , a n d H a y .
Practises in United States
and State Courts also in the
State of Washington.
S u ite
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MORO,
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B u ild in g
O R EG O N .
Rev. Perry, presiding elder, lec­
- G r o v e r J . D u ffey
tured Tuesday evening.
City residence, electric lights
J. C. Wilson was hurt Tuesday
L aw yer.
and city water; 7-room6; plastered;
)y an overturned header bed.
close in; good side walk. Very
The W .C .T .U . met Thursday reasonable. Part cash, terms.
at the home of 'Mrs. Curfman.
Fous room residence, has elec­ Office with W. H.-Ragsdale
G. B. Boardman and family tric lights and city water; acreage
property; good building and good
MORO - OREGON.
lave moved .into the Sickle house. part of town. Can be had on
Roy Harbin and family were easy terms.
Alex Hunter,
visiting relatives at Shaniko Sun­
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M oro, Oregon
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Mrs. B. G. Board rqan returned
Friday from the bedside o f her
A tto rn e y a t L a w
Plenty o f water, abundance
mother, who is better.
Mrs. W . H . Bennett left Thurs of fine bunch grass, $1 a head per
month. It one or more persons
day for The Dalles to serve as have as many as ten head at one
O re g o n
delegate to the state Sunday place, I w ill come and get them W a s c o ,
and deliver (hem-back. Phone or
School convention.
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.J . M . M arlin
The declamatory try-out with write
2m-al4
z Grass Valley. Ore
Rufus ¿nd the one Doom schools
D r . T h e o . B c le ts k i
of the county w ill be held here
Friday evening. Admission 10c
One standard H o lt Combined
and 15c.
V E T E R IN A R IA N
Harvester; 20-foot cut; 28-inch
M r. and Mrs. Seufert and little cylinder; beerf run three seasons;
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daughter, from The Dalles, were has 33-horse Shantonia hitch; both
In te rs ta te S to ck In s p e c to r
visitors at Kent last week at the in good shape; price complete,
E x a m in e r o f S ta llio n s fo r License
home of Mrs. L.J.Gates, sister to f.o.b. Condon $1,000, secured
note or cash. W ill guarantee the
Mrs. Seufert.
machine. W . I. Ebbert,
OREGON
W ASCO,
A manual training shop has a7tf
-Condon, Oregon
Telephone Mein 502.
been introduced at school. A
work bench was loaned to the
school by Ben Brown arid placet
Baltic Alfalfa seed, best for
in one end of the wood house Eastern Oregon. W rite to Baltic
Some o f the boys have been busy Alfalfa Seed Growers, Burns, Ore.
making bird houses, fly traps, ant
If Yon Want
doing joining, repairing, etc.
To Trad« Your Property
The successful ones to represent
Residence in M oro, 5 rooms,
Kent district in the declamatory bath, pantry, hall and basement,
Write to
contest, to be held Friday, are also two house! in Portland. W ill
I E. A. B R A 8 H E M
Rosa Amick, Louis Schadewitz consider a trade fo r all or either.
3m-m4
J.M
.Parry,
M
oro,
Ore.
and M erritt Wattles, in the A, E
501 > 2 Northwest Building
and C division respectively. The
Portland, Oregon.
W ilcox school w ill be represented
The place known as Erskine
by Rosa Edwards, in B division.
farm, between M oro and Grass
Valley. For particulars andjerm s
Synopaia ot thè A n n u i Statement ot
address Mrs. Grace M. Dennis,
The Germania Life Insurance
tfj!5
Lake Bay, Wash
Company
P A P E R H A N G IN G
MILL FEED AND FLOUR.
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Mora Property Fur Sale
Pasturage For Sale
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D E A L E R S IN
C. M. Huddleston
Harvester Fir Sale ,
Alfalfa Seed
S. D. M O N TG O M ER Y
MORO,
OREGON
Proprietor of “City Dray”
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Plowing aiuk General Team W ork
Hauling of Any Kind.
Your Patronage Appreciated
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BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS!
I:N R E A L
A n y w h e re
fro m
th e
ESTATE
A tla n tic
to
th e
P a c ific
W e are in actual touch with 10,000 live and reliable Real Es­
tate Agents all over Canada and the United States. If you are
thinking of moving better call and we w ill give you a card of
introduction to a good, reliable real estate man wherever you
are thinking of going so you w ill not be at the mercy o f some
one who cares for nothing but your money.
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ALEX HUNTER,
Moro, Oregon
< » t .» H H - i i-H -i i - H -t i » t i m - i '» i 111111 h i u 1 11 i h i l i u m
ELLSW ORTH
DOING BUSINESS?
HOTEL
M ORO, OREOON
For Sale or Inde
A H o m e P la c e fo r t h e T r a v e lin g M a n
G o o d , Q u ie t N e ig h b o rh o o d
H o m e C o oked H e a ls S e rv e d F a m i l y S t y le
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A l l M e a ls , 3 5 c
R o o m a n d B o a r d b y t h e W e e k , $ 6 .0 0
T a b le B d a r d b y t h e W e e k , $ 5 .0 0
Farm for Sale
ot New York, in tha State ot New York, on
thè 31«t day ot Decomber, 1015, made to thè
Inaurance Commiaaioner ot thè State ot Ore­
gon, p u ra u n t to law
C apital
Amount of capital «tool
>ck paid np.S 200,000.00
Income.
Total premium income .............. »5,968,195.11
interest, dividends, and rants re­
ceived during the y e a r............ 2,457,708.11
Income from otker sources re­
ceived during tha year . . . . .
567,S IS .04
Total income
............................ »8,998,716.26
Disbursements.
Paid for loesea, endowments, an­
nuities and surrender values . »4,909,481.29
Dividends paid to policy holders
during the y e a r ........................
940,403.96
Dividends and interest paid on
capital etoek durnig the year
24,000.00
C om m ission« and salaries paid
during t i e year ........................
927,462.96
Taxes, licenses, and fees paid
during 4he year .....................
129,708.71
Amount of all other expenditures
494,060.98
To tal expenditures
.............»7,425,117.8»
Market value of real etsate
owned . . . .
8 5,084,027.5»
M arket value of stocka and
10,557,989.60
bonds owned .................
Loans on mortgages and col-
lateral, etc. ............................. 26,422,802-20
Premium notes and policy loans 7,449,642.74
Cask in banks and on han d. . .
668,237.14
Net uncollected and deferred
premium« .................................
1,406,146.17
Other aaaeta (n e t) . . .................
1,002,787.44
T o tal asset....................................
Total aaaeta admitted in Ore­
gon ............................
..........»83,881,»62.87
XisMttttoa.
flat reserve .......................
»44,288,800.00
Total policy claims unpaid . . . .
509,588.4»
AU other liabilities ...........
6.844.665.49
Capitol stock an« surplus .
1,994,018.98
To tal liabilities .....................»62,581,863.87
Total lasuranco la force De
eamber S I. 1 9 M M . . . . . .»150.964.008.00
K nataasa
s
la Omgon lo r tbe T e ar
To tal lasers Bee w ritten during
69,500.00
tha year ................................... •
Oroas premiums received during
84.175.41
the year
6,000.00
l/oaae« paid during the y e a r . ..
6,000.00
fx>ears inenrvad during the year
Total ameunt of tossrasee out­
standing to Oregon Deoaa-
her 81 * 1 9 1 6 . . . . . . . ............ 1.015,765 00
T H U o r k M A M lA L i r z IN S U R A N C E COM-
F A R T , by (S igned) R . Oillla, President,
fltatutory resident general agent and attorney
8 t B irdie M . Kernels.
Travelers at Biggs
Should try our famous chick­
en plate dinner; all kinds of nice
sandwich, pie, cake,'flood coffee.
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W illard Lunch Counter.
Undertaking Supples
Caskets and Robes always on
band; special supplies and caskets
ordered at any time.
Sam Brisbine, M oro, Oregon.
Livery liitomobile Service
S IG N
The Dalles, Oregon.
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You receive what you order
W R IT IN G
in our grill. O ur service is*equal
in every way to the high quality
of food we serve. A t , ail times
you are assured of obtaining an
appetizing meal in an environ-
ment_ that is extremely pleasant.
Every thing in season at popular
prices. T ry our noon dinner.
Estimates Furnished
.
Free.
J. F Noonan, Moro, Ore.
1 Your business w ill be
appreciated and an endedvor
w ill be made to please all.
TREES
W e have in our em ploy the
best shoe mechanics on the Pacific
coast; they make new work or
repair old shoes and we guarantee
to do your work cheaper and bet­
ter than any cobbler who has
never learned the trade.
We pay postage both ways
and furnish mailing bags fo r future
smpments with your first order.
A ll shoes returned prom ptly.
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Victor Marden.
MORO, OREOON
P A IN T IN G
T o or from any poiQt, partic­
ularly Sherman county. E xperi­ O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O C X X X X X X X X J O
enced driver and car always ready.
Phone me -at my expense from
any place. Reasonable charges
with plenty of time given com­
mercial men to “ make” towns.
G eo r g e E l l a r d .
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Grass Valley, Oregon.
Shoe Repairs by Parcel Pest
MRS. C. H. ELLSW ORTH
Tksusaads sf AH Varieties
HOTEL
THE DALLES,
ALBERT
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W HEPi YOU T R A V E L
B Y AUTO
A N D V IS IT T H E D A L L E S
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STORE
YOUR
CAR
Heavy on prunes, grafted Fran­
quette pure «train of Vrooman
walnuts, everything in the nur­
sery line; seed potatoes.
Buy
direct from the ipan who grows,
eave 50% (no agent«) by buying
direct from ua. W e «ell right..
W rite for planters price li»t.
25 yean in butine««.
In the concrete recently completed,4 tulty equipped,
roomy garage of W alther-W illiam r Company. Competent
workman always ready to h d p you in any way they can at
least expense to you. For any service rendered the charge
w ill always be reasonable.
Carlton N ursery Co.
W A LTH E R -W ILLIA M S GARAGE
Carlton, Oregon
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